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Name the distingh pathway of water transport in plant |
| Answer» Plant transport\xa0systems move energy from leaves and raw materials from roots to all their parts. The xylem (tissue) moves water and minerals obtained from the soil to all other parts of the\xa0plants.\xa0The\xa0symplast pathway\xa0is where water moves between cytoplasm/vacuoles of adjacent cells. However, the\xa0apoplast pathway\xa0can only take water a certain way; near the xylem, the Casparian strip forms an impenetrable barrier to water in the cell walls, and water must move into the cytoplasm to continue.\xa0Overall,\xa0water\xa0is\xa0transported\xa0in the\xa0plant through\xa0the combined efforts of individual cells and the conductive tissues of the vascular system. ... It is carried upward\xa0through\xa0the xylem by transpiration, and then passed into the leaves along another\xa0water\xa0potential gradient. | |